2017高考复习：英语完形填空练习题及答案(99)

　　完形填空题目：

　　While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job 1 at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of 2 and wanting to do something 3 I applied (申请), 4 as I did so, that without a degree and with no 5 of teaching my chances of getting the job were 6 .

　　However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster. It proved to be a 7 journey: a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at 8 a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. It was clearly the 9 himself that 10 the door. He was short and round.

　　"The school," he said, "is made up of one 11 of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen." I should have to teach all the subjects except art, 12 he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into 13 groups and teach them in turn at three different 14 , and I was 15 at the thought of teaching maths—a subject at which I wasn’t very 16 at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of 17 to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be 18 themselves at that time.

　　Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his 19 . "Now" he said, you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really 20 this school.

　　1. A. kept B. lost C. wanted D. found

　　2. A. money B. time C. students D. clothes

　　3. A. harmful B. useful C. funny D. secret

　　4. A. expecting B. whispering C. fearing D. considering

　　5. A. material B. experience C. means D. books

　　6. A. nice B. great C. slight D. helpful

　　7. A. difficult B. pleasant C. comfortable D. short

　　8. A. most B. least C. last D. first

　　9. A. teacher B. door-keeper C. student D. headmaster

　　10. A. shut B. opened C. repaired D. kicked

　　11. A. group B. class C. dozen D. score

　　12. A. which B. that C. what D. this

　　13. A. one B. two C. three D. four

　　14. A. classes B. subjects C. levels D. places

　　15. A. excited B. angry C. glad D. disappointed

　　16. A. poor B. interested C. weak D. good

　　17. A. forcing B. having C. forgetting D. managing

　　18. A. watching B. studying C. enjoying D. helping

　　19.A. letter B. feet C. hands D. wife

　　20.A. runs B. starts C. observes D. likes